nntaleb: I wonder if Gregg Easterbrook will do the honorable thing of removing his NYT review of The Black Swan.
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Anyone know what the back story is here? I checked out the review and wonder why NNT would be bringing up a 2007 review.
Is there a stinger in there somewhere?
JH
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HatTip to Dave Lull
(Barbells are more robust than monomodal strategies.)
Walk most of the time, sprint as fast as you can on the occasion; never jog.
Fast for long periods of famine, then feast; never diet.
Endorse Nick Clegg & David Cameron, in combination, never labor.
For social life, a linear combination of Fat Tony & philosophers outperforms the frequentation of middle brows.
Go for city-states under loose empires, never nation-states.
Be a flåneur, lounging most of the time; then work as intensely as possible for a maximum of one hour; never work at low intensity –the 4-Hour Workweek.
Do nothing most of the time, then workout like a nut as intensely & unpredictably as possible.
Invest mostly in close to no-risk, (cash inflation protected, 80-90%), and maximal risk securities (10-20%); never in medium risk.
Read trashy gossip magazines and classics or sophisticated works; never the New York Times (or something even more aberrant, Newsweek).
Talk to graduate students or the highest caliber scholars; never, never, never medium academics.
Lose all your money, never half of it.
Respect those who make a living lying down or standing up, never those who do so sitting down.
Separate the holy and the profane.
Do crazy things (break furniture once in a while), like the Greeks and stay “rational” in larger decisions.
If you dislike someone, leave him alone or eliminate him; don’t attack him verbally.
nntaleb: (in the process of deleting all past aphorisms owing to copyright matters)
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Never heard of anyone deleting their Tweets before. They are definitely archived in numerous places on the web. I wonder what is meant by ‘copyright matters’. I wonder if the book will consist of the aphorisms alone or will have additional content. JH
My rule from now on: I never give a talk unless Lebanese wine is served.
The point is that the collective (the mob) very often does not have the ethics of the individuals –some people are ethical on their own and unethical collectively (“he is doing it”). We see that in finance, but it is prevalent in academia.”do not follow the multitude to do evil”. I call it diffusion of responsibility, also present is what is called the “bystander effect”.